 Enter: its grandeur overwhelms thee not; And why? it is not lessen'd; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot, Has grown colossal, and can only find A fit abode wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality ; and thou Shalt one day, if found...  Childe Harold's pilgrimage: Italy - Page 114by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872Full view - About this book
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - Rome (Italy) - 1845 - 230 pages
...greatness ] Byron says — " Enter : it3 grandeur overwhelms thee not ; And why ? it is not lessened, but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot, Has grown colossal." This explanation is, however, more poetical than philosophical, and more flattering to one's self-love... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - Elocution - 1846 - 398 pages
...ark of worship undefiled. Enter : its grandeur overwhelms thee not ; And why ? It is not lessen'd ; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot,...now His Holy of Holies, nor be blasted by his brow. Thou movest — but increasing with the advance, Like climbing some great Alp, which still doth rise,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 764 pages
...overwhelms thee not, And whv ? it is not lessened ; but thv mind, Expanded by the genius of the в|юЦ Hi« Holy of Holies, nnr be blasted by his brow. CLVI. Thou movest — but increasing with the advance,... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1846 - 144 pages
...asks a question. Ex. — Enter : its grandeur overwhelms thee not ; And why ? it is not lessen'd ; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot, Has grown colossal. (3) The Point of Exclamation or Admiration is used after sudden expressions of emotion. Ex. — Oh... | |
 | Sarah Rogers Haight - Europe - 1846 - 384 pages
...called a defect. Byron says — " Its grandeur overwhelms thee not ; And why ? it is not lessened ; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot, Has grown coilossal." But it was not thus with me, my mind was not sufficiently expansive, at least, to contain... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - Elocution - 1847 - 400 pages
...ark of worship undefiled. Enter : its grandeur overwhelms thee not ; And why ? It is not lessen'd ; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot,...now His Holy of Holies, nor be blasted by his brow. Thou movest — but increasing with the advance, Like climbing some great Alp, which still doth rise,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...relishing them as I CLV. Enter : its grandeur overwhelms thee not ; ' And why ? it is not lessen'd ; 6 w [ a $2 - h 3gt~)Ci]d & v CLVL Thou moves t — but Increasing with the advance. Like climbing some great Alp, which still doth... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - Architecture - 1848 - 512 pages
...with nothing like to thee — Enter ; its grandeur overwhelms thce not, And why 1 it is not lessened ; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot, Has grown colossal. — Thou movest, but increasing with the advance, Like climbing some great Alp, which still doth rise,... | |
 | George Newenham Wright - 1849 - 250 pages
...THE MADELEINE, PARIS. " Enter ; its grandeur overwhelms thec not ; An,l why ? it is not lessen'd ; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot,...wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality." DYIIOX. SUPERSTITION, time, veneration arising from various motives, consecrate peculiar spots in every... | |
 | 1856 - 1268 pages
...? it is not lessen'd ; but thy mind, Expanded by the genins of the spot, Has grown colossal, andean only find A fit abode wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality I and thou Shalt one day, if found worthy, so defined, See thy God, face to face, as thou dost now... | |
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